SAP Technical Architect

Jobtailor; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a seasoned SAP Architect to lead the technical direction for SAP landscapes and RISE Private Cloud deployments. You will drive end-to-end architecture across multi-country implementations, ensuring scalability, security, and operational excellence.

You will define solution architectures for new capabilities, manage integrations, and establish governance across releases, transports, and environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 10+ years of SAP technical architecture experience with SAP Basis specialization.
• Experience architecting and managing SAP RISE Private Cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) and enterprise integration architecture.
• Strong expertise with SAP Cloud ALM (CALM) or comparable Change & Release Management / DevOps orchestration platforms.
• Working knowledge of ABAP, including debugging, enhancements, transports, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical architecture for complex multi-country SAP implementations and global rollouts.
• Experience designing and managing n+1/n+2 SAP landscapes.
• Experience producing architecture documentation, solution designs, reference architectures, and technical standards.
• Experience evaluating enterprise technologies with governance alignment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architecture, and hybrid cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and manage SAP landscapes (n+1, n+2) for global rollouts and scalability.
• Lead end-to-end technical architecture across SAP RISE Private Cloud ensuring scalability, resilience, security, and performance.
• Define solution architecture for new capabilities, enhancements, and integrations aligned with architecture standards.
• Drive integration architecture strategy across SAP and non-SAP platforms with secure data flows.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, and architecture decision records.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions for long-term maintainability.
• Develop and execute landscape maintenance including health monitoring, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Define and govern release, transport, and environment management strategies across multiple landscapes.
• Establish communication plans for releases, incidents, maintenance, and major changes.

Skills

SAP technical architecture

SAP Basis

CPI integration

CALM/DevOps orchestration

ABAP knowledge

n+1/n+2 SAP landscapes

Security architecture

SOX/GDPR compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering

Tools

SAP Cloud ALM (CALM)

DevOps orchestration platforms

Monitoring tools

Security architecture tools

Job description

• Architect, design, and manage SAP landscapes (n+1, n+2 environments) to support global rollouts, parallel project execution, and long-term scalability
• Lead end-to-end technical architecture across SAP RISE Private Cloud, ensuring scalability, resilience, availability, security, and performance
• Define solution architecture for new capabilities, enhancements, and integrations while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, technology standards, and business objectives
• Drive integration architecture strategy across SAP and non-SAP platforms, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable data flows
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, technical design documents, and architecture decision records to ensure consistency and traceability across programs
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks, recommending solutions that simplify architecture and improve long-term maintainability
• Develop and execute a comprehensive landscape maintenance strategy, including system health monitoring, preventative maintenance, patching, upgrades, system refreshes, and lifecycle management
• Define and govern release, transport, and environment management strategies to support reliable deployments across multiple landscapes while minimizing deployment risk
• Establish structured communication plans for releases, incidents, planned maintenance, and major technical changes across technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership
• Own system performance, capacity planning, monitoring, and observability, proactively identifying and resolving technical bottlenecks across SAP applications and integrations
• Design and enforce security architecture, identity integrations, compliance controls, and access governance aligned with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements (SOX, GDPR)
• Own disaster recovery and business continuity strategy, including RTO/RPO objectives, failover testing, resilience planning, and periodic validation
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with SAP (RISE), hyperscaler providers, and strategic technology partners, managing technical escalations, SLAs, and service performance
• Collaborate with business, infrastructure, cybersecurity, development, integration, and project teams to ensure solutions conform to enterprise architecture, operational standards, and non‑functional requirements
• Establish and enforce SAP technical governance, architectural standards, design principles, and best practices across the SAP ecosystem
• Review and approve technical solution designs to ensure consistency with enterprise architecture and long‑term supportability
• Provide technical direction and architectural guidance to implementation partners, project teams, and engineers while fostering engineering excellence and knowledge sharing

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• 10+ years of experience in SAP technical architecture with deep specialization in SAP Basis
• Proven experience architecting and managing SAP RISE Private Cloud environments
• Strong expertise in SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) and enterprise integration architecture
• Strong expertise with SAP Cloud ALM (CALM) or comparable Change & Release Management / DevOps orchestration platforms
• Working knowledge of ABAP, including debugging, enhancements, transports, and performance optimization
• Demonstrated experience leading the technical architecture for complex multi-country SAP implementations and global rollouts
• Experience designing and managing n+1 / n+2 SAP landscapes
• Experience producing technical architecture documentation, solution designs, reference architectures, and technical standards
• Experience evaluating and implementing enterprise technologies while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and governance standards
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architecture, and hybrid cloud environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in SAP Technical Architecture, particularly in managing SAP RISE Private Cloud environments and integrating enterprise solutions. Proficient in developing architecture standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and leading complex global SAP implementations.

Tools & Technologies

• SAP Cloud ALM (CALM)
• DevOps Orchestration Platforms
• Monitoring Tools
• Security Architecture Tools